GOVERNOR DOYLE - DO NOT READ HIS LIPS

From the Wisconsin State Journal:
Smokers, who are about to see a big increase in federal cigarette taxes, might also end up paying another quarter or more per pack in state taxes under Gov. Jim Doyle's budget to be released Tuesday. The success of last year's $1-per-pack state tax increase at stopping smoking and pressure to close the state's $5.7 billion budget shortfall make another increase likely, supporters and critics of the idea agreed. "I'm a believer in the fact that the more disincentives we have, the more we reduce smoking, and we also save a lot of money on health-care costs," said Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, co-chairman of the Legislature's powerful budget committee. "I'd certainly not be surprised if we continue down that path."
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/438629

From the Doyle2002 website:
Attorney General Jim Doyle, saying the race for governor “has been conducted in the shadow of a $2.8-billion budget deficit,” offered a set of principles and ideas Friday that he would use to balance the budget and eliminate the deficit. He challenged Gov. Scott McCallum to do the same. “I will present a balanced budget – one that is balanced the old-fashioned way, with real numbers, not with tricks or gimmicks,” Doyle said. “No inflated revenue estimates – and no tax increase.” “I have said time and again that we are not in this fiscal mess because taxes are too low, or because the taxpayers have not done their fair share. I mean it,” Doyle said. “I will not raise taxes.”
http://webarchive.loc.gov/collections/lcwa0006/20021105122852/http://www.doyle2002.com/news/10.4.02.html

And then there is this little nugget from Charlie Sykes:
The Doyle Administration is resisting a federal mandate on it's sexual offender registry.
Wisconsin is fighting to stall a federal deadline to change its sex offender registry that likely will require adding thousands to the list, including those convicted of minor offenses.
At the same time, though, the Doyle administration is dedicating time and resources for a "domestic partner" registry. The budget Gov. Jim Doyle will introduce Tuesday may include the creation of a new statewide domestic partner registry that would provide legal recognition of same-sex couples while upholding the state's ban on gay marriage.
Two sources familiar with the plan, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were asked not to disclose details before the budget address, said that as of late this week the statewide domestic partner registry was part of Doyle's budget proposal.
Guess it's all a matter of what Doyle thinks is important.... and what he thinks is optional. Or maybe it's about the governor paying off another well-heeled special interest.